> There are a lot of problems which the engineer in me wants to code around that should really, really be solved by throwing money at it. Often, a trivial amount of money.
On the other hand, I once saw a project where people seemed to want to use a non-SQL database to store about a hundred megabytes of metadata a year. They also want to use S3 for a couple terabytes of content instead of a filesystem.
Throwing money on a problem that doesn't need to be solved, just because you can, is tempting.
On the other hand, I once saw a project where people seemed to want to use a non-SQL database to store about a hundred megabytes of metadata a year. They also want to use S3 for a couple terabytes of content instead of a filesystem.
Throwing money on a problem that doesn't need to be solved, just because you can, is tempting.